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Boris Johnson bowing to pressure to cut Huawei out of UK’s 5G development

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BORIS Johnson is bowing to ­pressure and planning to cut Huawei out of the UK’s 5G development. The Prime Minister’s U-turn comes after the controversial deal with the Chinese tech giant, signed earlier this year, was slammed by prominent Tories and the White House.

President Donald Trump branded the move a “betrayal” that would create a back door for the communist state to snoop on Western intelligence.

Under the current deal, Huawei’s role in developing our next-gen network – described as limited but significant – will be reduced to 35% by 2023.

But Mr Johnson is now understood to be aiming to cut the company out completely by that date. A source told the Telegraph: “[The PM] still wants a relationship with China but the Huawei deal is

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